Palestinian Civil War Watch
Charles Johnson
Fri Jan 27, 2006 at 8:38 am PST • Views: 176
It’s Friday and the sheikhs are preaching in Gaza mosques, which naturally results in gun battles: Hamas, Fatah battle over results.
GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas and Fatah gunmen exchanged fire in the Gaza Strip on Friday, fuelling fears of Palestinian turmoil following the Islamic militant group’s crushing victory over the long-dominant faction in a parliamentary election. …
In the first armed clash between Hamas and Fatah militants since Wednesday’s vote, three people were wounded in a gun battle near the southern city of Khan Younis, witnesses said.
The violence erupted, they said, after Hamas militants were angered by a sermon by a Fatah-appointed Muslim preacher during Friday prayers.
Frank says: